Thomas Horton - Walmart Lead Independent Director

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Director

Mr. Thomas W. Horton is an Lead Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Horton has served as a April 2019 to present Partner, Global Infrastructure Partners, a global infrastructure investment firm October 2015 to April 2019 Senior Advisor at Warburg Pincus LLC, a private equity firm focused on growth investing ecember 2013 to June 2014 Chairman of American Airlines Group Inc. 2011 to 2013 Chairman and CEO of AMR Corporationrationration, during which time he led the company through a successful restructuring and turnaround that culminated in the 2013 merger with US Airways, creating American, the worlds largest airline 2010 to 2011 President of AMR Corporation 2006 to 2010 Executive Vice President of Finance and Planning at AMR Corporation 2002 to 2005 served in various roles at ATT Corporationrationration, including as Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer. While at ATT, Mr. Horton led the evaluation of strategic alternatives that ultimately led to the combination of ATT and SBC Communications, Inc.1985 to 2002 Served in various roles at AMR Corporationrationration, including as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Horton has served on the board of directors of General Electric Company since April 2018, and he has served as GEs Lead Director since October 2018. From 2008 to March 2019, Mr. Horton served on the board of directors of QUALCOMM Incorporated. Mr. Horton also serves on the executive board of the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University. since 2014.
Age 57
Tenure 11 years
Horton has more than 30 years of business and finance experience. He joined American Airlines in 1985 from international accounting partnership firm Peat Marwick & Company, now KPMG, and continued with American until 2002, rising to the role of Senior Vice President, Finance and CFO. He left American in 2002 for AT&T, where he served as CFO and later was appointed Vice Chairman. In 2005, Horton led the evaluation of strategic alternatives that ultimately led to the combination with SBC Communications, which formed the new AT&T. In March 2006, Horton returned to American as Executive Vice President of Finance and Planning. He was named President in 2010 and Chairman and CEO in 2011, where he led American through a successful restructuring and turnaround which culminated in the merger with US Airways, creating the world largest airline. He stepped down as President and CEO of American in December 2013 and remained nonexecutive Chairman of the board until June 2014
Walmart (WMT) is traded on Hanover Exchange in Germany and employs 44 people.

Walmart Leadership Team

Elected by the shareholders, the Walmart's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Walmart inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Walmart. The board's role is to monitor Walmart's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Walmart's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Walmart's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
Steuart Walton, Director
Sarah Friar, Independent Director
Carla Harris, Independent Director
Randall Stephenson, Director
Thomas Horton, Lead Independent Director
C McMillon, President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Steven Reinemund, Independent Director
Suresh Kumar, Executive Vice President, Global Chief Technology Officer and Chief Development Officer
Timothy Flynn, Independent Director
Rachel Brand, Executive Vice President, Global Governance, Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary
John Furner, Executive Vice President, President and Chief Executive Officer - Walmart U.S. division
Cesar Conde, Independent Director
Kathryn McLay, Executive Vice President, President and Chief Executive Officer - Sam's Club
Marc Lore, Executive Vice President, President and Chief Executive Officer - U.S. eCommerce
S Walton, Director
Donna Morris, Executive Vice President - Global People and Chief People Officer
M Biggs, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
Daniel Bartlett, Executive Vice President - Corporate and Government Affairs
David Chojnowski, Senior Vice President Controller
Greg Penner, Independent Vice Chairman of the Board
Marissa Mayer, Independent Director
Judith McKenna, Executive Vice President, President and Chief Executive Officer - Walmart International

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